# `argocd-server` Command Reference

## argocd-server

Run the ArgoCD API server

### Synopsis

The API server is a gRPC/REST server which exposes the API consumed by the Web UI, CLI, and CI/CD systems.  This command runs API server in the foreground.  It can be configured by following options.

```
argocd-server [flags]
```

### Examples

```
  # Start the Argo CD API server with default settings
  $ argocd-server
  
  # Start the Argo CD API server on a custom port and enable tracing
  $ argocd-server --port 8888 --otlp-address localhost:4317
```

### Options

```
      --address string                                  Listen on given address (default "0.0.0.0")
      --api-content-types string                        Semicolon separated list of allowed content types for non GET api requests. Any content type is allowed if empty. (default "application/json")
      --app-state-cache-expiration duration             Cache expiration for app state (default 1h0m0s)
      --application-namespaces strings                  List of additional namespaces where application resources can be managed in
      --as string                                       Username to impersonate for the operation
      --as-group stringArray                            Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
      --as-uid string                                   UID to impersonate for the operation
      --basehref string                                 Value for base href in index.html. Used if Argo CD is running behind reverse proxy under subpath different from / (default "/")
      --certificate-authority string                    Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
      --client-certificate string                       Path to a client certificate file for TLS
      --client-key string                               Path to a client key file for TLS
      --cluster string                                  The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
      --connection-status-cache-expiration duration     Cache expiration for cluster/repo connection status (default 1h0m0s)
      --content-security-policy value                   Set Content-Security-Policy header in HTTP responses to value. To disable, set to "". (default "frame-ancestors 'self';")
      --context string                                  The name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --default-cache-expiration duration               Cache expiration default (default 24h0m0s)
      --dex-server string                               Dex server address (default "argocd-dex-server:5556")
      --dex-server-plaintext                            Use a plaintext client (non-TLS) to connect to dex server
      --dex-server-strict-tls                           Perform strict validation of TLS certificates when connecting to dex server
      --disable-auth                                    Disable client authentication
      --disable-compression                             If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server
      --enable-gzip                                     Enable GZIP compression (default true)
      --enable-proxy-extension                          Enable Proxy Extension feature
      --gloglevel int                                   Set the glog logging level
  -h, --help                                            help for argocd-server
      --insecure                                        Run server without TLS
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify                        If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
      --kubeconfig string                               Path to a kube config. Only required if out-of-cluster
      --logformat string                                Set the logging format. One of: text|json (default "text")
      --login-attempts-expiration duration              Cache expiration for failed login attempts (default 24h0m0s)
      --loglevel string                                 Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error (default "info")
      --metrics-address string                          Listen for metrics on given address (default "0.0.0.0")
      --metrics-port int                                Start metrics on given port (default 8083)
  -n, --namespace string                                If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
      --oidc-cache-expiration duration                  Cache expiration for OIDC state (default 3m0s)
      --otlp-address string                             OpenTelemetry collector address to send traces to
      --otlp-attrs strings                              List of OpenTelemetry collector extra attrs when send traces, each attribute is separated by a colon(e.g. key:value)
      --otlp-headers stringToString                     List of OpenTelemetry collector extra headers sent with traces, headers are comma-separated key-value pairs(e.g. key1=value1,key2=value2) (default [])
      --otlp-insecure                                   OpenTelemetry collector insecure mode (default true)
      --password string                                 Password for basic authentication to the API server
      --port int                                        Listen on given port (default 8080)
      --proxy-url string                                If provided, this URL will be used to connect via proxy
      --redis string                                    Redis server hostname and port (e.g. argocd-redis:6379). 
      --redis-ca-certificate string                     Path to Redis server CA certificate (e.g. /etc/certs/redis/ca.crt). If not specified, system trusted CAs will be used for server certificate validation.
      --redis-client-certificate string                 Path to Redis client certificate (e.g. /etc/certs/redis/client.crt).
      --redis-client-key string                         Path to Redis client key (e.g. /etc/certs/redis/client.crt).
      --redis-compress string                           Enable compression for data sent to Redis with the required compression algorithm. (possible values: gzip, none) (default "gzip")
      --redis-insecure-skip-tls-verify                  Skip Redis server certificate validation.
      --redis-use-tls                                   Use TLS when connecting to Redis. 
      --redisdb int                                     Redis database.
      --repo-cache-expiration duration                  Cache expiration for repo state, incl. app lists, app details, manifest generation, revision meta-data (default 24h0m0s)
      --repo-server string                              Repo server address (default "argocd-repo-server:8081")
      --repo-server-default-cache-expiration duration   Cache expiration default (default 24h0m0s)
      --repo-server-plaintext                           Use a plaintext client (non-TLS) to connect to repository server
      --repo-server-redis string                        Redis server hostname and port (e.g. argocd-redis:6379). 
      --repo-server-redis-ca-certificate string         Path to Redis server CA certificate (e.g. /etc/certs/redis/ca.crt). If not specified, system trusted CAs will be used for server certificate validation.
      --repo-server-redis-client-certificate string     Path to Redis client certificate (e.g. /etc/certs/redis/client.crt).
      --repo-server-redis-client-key string             Path to Redis client key (e.g. /etc/certs/redis/client.crt).
      --repo-server-redis-compress string               Enable compression for data sent to Redis with the required compression algorithm. (possible values: gzip, none) (default "gzip")
      --repo-server-redis-insecure-skip-tls-verify      Skip Redis server certificate validation.
      --repo-server-redis-use-tls                       Use TLS when connecting to Redis. 
      --repo-server-redisdb int                         Redis database.
      --repo-server-sentinel stringArray                Redis sentinel hostname and port (e.g. argocd-redis-ha-announce-0:6379). 
      --repo-server-sentinelmaster string               Redis sentinel master group name. (default "master")
      --repo-server-strict-tls                          Perform strict validation of TLS certificates when connecting to repo server
      --repo-server-timeout-seconds int                 Repo server RPC call timeout seconds. (default 60)
      --request-timeout string                          The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests. (default "0")
      --revision-cache-expiration duration              Cache expiration for cached revision (default 3m0s)
      --rootpath string                                 Used if Argo CD is running behind reverse proxy under subpath different from /
      --sentinel stringArray                            Redis sentinel hostname and port (e.g. argocd-redis-ha-announce-0:6379). 
      --sentinelmaster string                           Redis sentinel master group name. (default "master")
      --server string                                   The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
      --staticassets string                             Directory path that contains additional static assets (default "/shared/app")
      --tls-server-name string                          If provided, this name will be used to validate server certificate. If this is not provided, hostname used to contact the server is used.
      --tlsciphers string                               The list of acceptable ciphers to be used when establishing TLS connections. Use 'list' to list available ciphers. (default "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384")
      --tlsmaxversion string                            The maximum SSL/TLS version that is acceptable (one of: 1.0|1.1|1.2|1.3) (default "1.3")
      --tlsminversion string                            The minimum SSL/TLS version that is acceptable (one of: 1.0|1.1|1.2|1.3) (default "1.2")
      --token string                                    Bearer token for authentication to the API server
      --user string                                     The name of the kubeconfig user to use
      --username string                                 Username for basic authentication to the API server
      --x-frame-options value                           Set X-Frame-Options header in HTTP responses to value. To disable, set to "". (default "sameorigin")
```

### SEE ALSO

* [argocd-server version](argocd-server_version.md)	 - Print version information

